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SRT has shown the most revealing teaser image yet of the new 2013 Viper, completing another step in the car's striptease.

The redesigned 2013 Ford Fusion will help you save gasoline when stuck in traffic.

I still remember standing at the dealership with my dad as he was trying to decide whether to buy the 1984 Mercury Capri in slate or the 1984 Ford Mustang in black.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into complaints that some Jeep Wrangler vehicles and

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At a time when fuel economy counts for just about everything, there's still a horsepower war raging in the United States.

From wrc.com

Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen have been excluded from the results of Vodafone Rally de Portugal, round four of the FIA World Rally Championship powered Nokia, elevating Mads Ostberg and Jonas Andersson to their maiden WRC wins.

The No. 2 Citroen DS3 WRC of Hirvonen and Lehtinen was subjected to various technical checks during post-event scrutineering at the Algarve Stadium in Faro on Sunday evening.

A report prepared by the FIA Technical Delegate issued to the event stewards stated the car's clutch was “not in conformity with the Homologation Form A5733.” As a result the event stewards took the decision to exclude car No. 2 from the event classification.

The report also stated “the turbo (turbine wheel) fitted to car No. 2 appears not to be in conformity”. However, a stewards' decision on this matter has been delayed pending the outcome of further examination and reports.

Mads Ostberg, Ford. (Photo: WRC)

Evgeny Novikov and Denis Giraudet and Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson climb up to second and third places in the overall results respectively following the exclusion of Hirvonen and Lehtinen.

The exclusion also means that Hirvonen and Lehtinen's Citroen their team-mates Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena remain at the top of the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, albeit just four points in front of Solberg and Patterson. Citroen's lead over Ford in the manufacturers' standings is reduced to 12 points.

Team principal Yves Matton has confirmed Citroen will be appealing the decision of the stewards, meaning the results remain provisional.

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Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile, a joint venture between PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and China's Dongfeng Motor, plans to combine marketing and distribution of its Peugeot and Citroen brands by April, according to a Chinese newspaper report.

Gentex Corp. supplies the new Kia Sportage with a special mirror that is linked to a camera on the tailgate that provides the driver with a view directly behind the vehicle while backing up.

International Automotive Components Group has named James Kamsickas CEO, effective April 15. Kamsickas, 45, is president of North America and Asia, and co-CEO of the parent company with Jens Hoehnel, who is retiring.

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's decision to delay the introduction of new products in volume segments is causing the Italian automaker to lose ground in Europe.

Bosch has picked its automotive electronics expert as its next CEO. Volkmar Denner will succeed Franz Fehrenbach, who will become supervisory board chairman. The changes take effect July 1.

Volvo is giving its much bigger German rivals a tough fight in their home market in a key area: average transaction price for new cars.

Fiat plans to start production of a crossover variant of its 500 minicar next year. The new model will be called the 500X, with the letter X standing for cross, company sources said.

2012 BMW 328i - Four Seasons Introduction

Four seasons with the new four-cylinder.

It sounds like a cliche, but the BMW 3-series really is the standard by which all other sport sedans are measured. Its influence has permeated the engineering halls of automakers on every continent: Cadillac used to manufacture rolling living rooms, Mercedes-Benzes were once Teutonic isolation chambers, and Infinitis were...well, nobody quite knew what they were. But today, all three -- and their collective competitors -- make cars directly aimed at the BMW 3-series.

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Mercedes said it will build a coupe-styled compact premium car at its new factory here, alongside its B-class model. The four-door car will be called the CLA and will debut as a concept at the Beijing auto show in April.

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Great Wall joins fellow Chinese automaker Geely in seeking to establish a foothold in the UK market with the launch of its Steed double-cab pickup next month.

Former Opel sales and marketing boss Alain Visser has left General Motors just weeks after GM said he was going to take a job coordinating marketing operations at Chevrolet.